Panazol

Panazol
Commune
Château de la Beausserie - The Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Panazol
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Coordinates: 45°50′23″N 1°18′39″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement	Limoges
Canton	Panazol
Intercommunality	CU Limoges Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabien Doucet[1]
Area ^1	20.05 km^2 (7.74 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	11,064
• Density	550/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	87114 /87350
Elevation	215–351 m (705–1,152 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Panazol (French pronunciation: [panazɔl]; Occitan: Panasòu) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. It is an eastern suburb of Limoges.

Panazol is the third largest town in the department (by population), after Limoges and Saint-Junien. It can be considered as a commuter town.

Theo Sarapo, the singer, actor, and second husband of Édith Piaf died at Limoges on August 28, 1970 on RD 941 at the Panazol exit, direction Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (Haute-Vienne). His car, a blue Citroen ID19, left the road at high speed and struck a tree the approximate height of Chateau de la Rue. He was removed from the wreckage and rushed to the Limoges hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries at the age of 34. He was buried in Paris at Père-Lachaise cemetery alongside Édith Piaf.

Population

Inhabitants are known as Panazolais.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,309	—
1975	5,261	+6.85%
1982	7,269	+4.73%
1990	8,553	+2.05%
1999	9,731	+1.44%
2007	10,076	+0.44%
2012	10,413	+0.66%
2017	10,972	+1.05%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Vienne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE